Wildcats welcome a break from SEC play

Alabama State the type of team UK should beat

9:53 PM,
Nov. 1, 2013

Written by

Kyle Tucker
| The (Louisville) Courier-Journal

Mark Stoops knows what his University of Kentucky football team needs. The Wildcats are 1-6, 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference, and have lost five consecutive games since throttling Miami University back on Sept. 7.

"Anybody that's trying to rebuild a program will tell you that the best way to rebuild and get that confidence is get some wins," Stoops said. "Well, they don't exactly give those out in the SEC."

Kentucky's first-year coach has learned that lesson the hard way. His undermanned Cats have clawed, competed, kept themselves within striking distance. But still lost. And lost. And ...